The EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives – known as the nature laws – have been under close scrutiny, and under threat, for nearly two years. But now the European Commission has decided to keep the laws and set out an action plan to make sure they are used properly to protect and restor...

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The residues of neonics in plant tissues will certainly dissipate over time, though this has never been studied in detail – or at all in bulbs. Their half-life in soil varies widely, typically from around 100 to 300 days, which means that even at the higher end, half of them are gone ...

Are you are passionate about protecting our environment and the people that depend on it? Would you like to bring your experience of coordinating complex, impact focused projects to make Friends of the Earth's campaigns more effective? Do you want your skills in agile and project mana...

Makerspaces, hakerspaces and fablabs: these are what they say of the tin, places where you can go and use kit to make stuff, with a focus on collaboration and shared learning. The kit they have will vary but could include 3D printers, laser cutters, automated machine tools, soldering ...

What is a Friends of the Earth Affiliate? Friends of the Earth’s Affiliates programme is for local social justice and/or environmentally-minded community groups and social entreprises who would like to join forces and establish a working relationship with Friends of the Earth. See bel...

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Without them, our environment and economy - including our food - are in trouble too. We need them to pollinate our fruit and vegetables - it would cost farmers £1.8 billion a year to hand pollinate crops. And right now, they need us to help save them. Here in the UK, bees are facing m...

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Ministers failing to fund natural flood measures, reveals Friends of the Earth Nearly one year on from last winter’s devastating floods, ministers have failed to deliver on repeated promises to support natural flood management (NFM), like planting trees to reduce flood risk, Friends o...

Ministers pledge £15 million for natural flood measures, following Friends of the Earth campaign News today that the government will provide an extra £15 million to utilise nature and manage land to reduce floods has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth. Today’s announcement by Andre...